Tonker Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tonker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tonker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tonker Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tonker (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻜﺮ, Russian: Тонкер) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tonker click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonker? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tonker is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Tonker are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States Tonker is mostly concentrated in: Virginia, where 46 percent live, North Carolina, where 21 percent live and Ohio, where 14 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Tonker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tonker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tonker surname rose 2,800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tonker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tonker last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Tonker earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.38% less than the national average, earning $31,336 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tonkere9215/
Tongker921/
Tounker920/
Tongkerd86103/
Toonkerd862/
Thongker861/
Tongkear861/
Tanker83390/
Tünker83148/
Tunker8359/
Tonkır8327/
Toncer8326/
Tomker8315/
Tonkir831/
Thongkerd80438/
Thongkert803/
Thongkere802/
Thongkeur801/
Thonhkerd801/
Tongkeart801/
Tankere77132/
Thünker77115/
Thunker7777/
Tanıker7725/
Thanker7711/
Tangker779/
Toncher778/
Tunåker775/
Tankeer771/
T'Anker771/
Tunkere771/
Tuncker770/
Tunkert770/
Toutinkert754/
Thongkeard752/
Tangkere71602/
Tongkird7117/
Toomkerd7114/
Tunkeare718/
Tangkerd712/
Thankerd712/
Tanckere712/
Tongcher712/
Tongkirt711/
Tonchear711/
Tankherd710/
Tuncer6757,662/
Tancer67459/
Tankır67238/
Tankir6757/
Toncre6738/
Tamker6732/
Thongkird678/
Tumker677/
Tunkerová677/
Thongcher675/
Tongkitrd671/
Tunkir671/
Táncer671/
Thungkerd671/

Tonker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tonker in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻨﻜﺮtnkr-
Tonker in the Russian language
Тонкерtonker-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tonker
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